At Carolina Journal Online: “N.C. House Speaker Pro Tem Won’t Seek Another Term in 2012.”
- A third Republican announces for Senate District 18 in a quickly crowding GOP primary (M2M)
- N.C. Rep. Mark Hilton, R-Catawba, says he is retiring to spend more time with his family (Observer News Enterprise)
- State schools superintendent June Atkinson, a Democrat, fights back after a liberal group accuses her of going soft on Republicans (Dome)
- After helping other area Republicans run for elected office, Republican Chad Barefoot is shooting for office himself (Garner News)
- Chadbourn Mayor Kenneth Waddell says he will challenge Rep. Dewey Hill, D-Columbus. Hill hasn’t decided whether he’ll seek re-election yet (WECT)
- House Majority Leader Paul “Skip” Stam, R-Wake, will seek another term in office (Apex Herald)
- Democrat Dollie Burwell announces her candidacy in the newly created House District 32 (Warren Record)
- Democrat Abeni El-Amin announces for House District 38 seat (M2M)
- Latest “About the Capital”: Legislative retirements and resignations piling up (NCFEF)
VIDEO: GOP’er John Whitley, running for the 8th Congressional District Republican nomination, attacks Larry Kissell in a new ad (HT: Jonathan Kapplar).
